“a study published in April which said the Arctic would start losing its ice in summer very soon, even if we managed to rapidly reduce carbon emissions in the short-term.
“This really surprised us,” said Dirk Notz of the University of Hamburg, who led that research. “The Arctic will become practically sea-ice free in September before the year 2050… in all scenarios.”
But a closer look at CESM2 has suggested a potential explanation for the extreme result – it could simply be wrong.
Climate model’s dire predictions don’t line up with reality – study | Newshub
Climate scientists used to predict an ice-free Arctic every summer, but are getting smarter now and push their worthless forecasts out past their retirement date.
Expert: Arctic polar cap may disappear this summer_English_Xinhua
North Pole May Be Ice-Free for First Time This Summer
BBC NEWS | UK | Swimmer aims to kayak to N Pole
Star-News – Google News Archive Search
Arctic Sea Ice Gone in Summer Within Five Years?
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’
Gore: Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014
The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search
Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013 | Sierra Club Canada
Ice-free Arctic in two years heralds methane catastrophe – scientist | Environment | The Guardian
The End of the Arctic? Ocean Could be Ice Free by 2015 – The Daily Beast
